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[12/20/12 - 12:49 PM]"I Get That a Lot," Featuring Popular Celebrities Pranking Everyday People, Returns with a One-Hour Special on Wednesday, January 9Cheech Marin, Phil Keoghan, Jeff Gordon, Bruce Jenner, Jane Seymour and the late Larry Hagman are featured in the episode.[via press release from CBS]

"I GET THAT A LOT," FEATURING POPULAR CELEBRITIES PRANKING EVERYDAY PEOPLE, RETURNS WITH A ONE-HOUR SPECIAL ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9

I GET THAT A LOT, featuring popular stars pulling pranks on everyday people, returns with its fifth one-hour special, to be broadcast Wednesday, Jan. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Celebrity participants include "The Amazing Race's" Phil Keoghan working at a sporting goods store, Olympian and Kardashian patriarch Bruce Jenner selling shoes in a high-end boutique, actress Jane Seymour working as an inept home goods store greeter, actor and comedian Cheech Marin behind the counter at party supply store, racing superstar Jeff Gordon selling automotive supplies and the late Larry Hagman offering food samples at a membership warehouse shopping club.

Hagman's segment was shot Sept. 7, 2012 in Santa Clarita, California. "Larry was amazing to work with," says Executive Producer Eric Schotz. "I think what people didn't know about Larry Hagman is that he was a prankster at heart. He loved the fact that he could interact with his fans and the fans reactions when they found out it was him are priceless."

I GET THAT A LOT features celebrities tricking everyday citizens in cases of supposed "mistaken identity." Working ordinary jobs, these celebrities confuse customers who can't decide if it's the actual celebrity or an astonishing look-alike. As these celebrities continue to deny their true identities, various reactions from their customers elicit exasperated and hilarious responses.

The Amazing RacePhil Keoghan tries to sell outdoor equipment without getting recognized. Check out this hilarious clip and don't miss "I Get That A Lot" airing next Wednesday, January 9th at 8/7c. Only CBS! http://bit.ly/Z40Ubo

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I really wish we could stay longer in the countries we visit, but I've been lucky to have visited most of them before, because I've done a tremendous amount of travel. - Phil Keoghan

If you zoom in on his employers' uniform, the black with white border & logo says, "REI", knowing he lives in Los Angeles area (obviously where most celebrities hide ), there are 3 different REI stores in LA County, there's one in Santa Monica, near Manhattan Beach, Arcadia, and Huntington Beach.

I'm pinpointing the one in Huntington Beach as searching on Google Maps because the ceiling in the Arcadia branch is too high compared to the photo of Phil facing forward (I know this because the Arcadia REI on Google Maps is Barnes & Nobles sized), the ones in Santa Monica and Manhattan Beach are pretty tall also.

Huntington Beach sounds like the total culprit as there is a review on Google Maps saying, "Sucks... Too small go to a real REI". Probably the most helpful bad review ever. Now we are able to go there and say that Phil has had a technical "Pit Stop" there.

@durking#noopportunitywasted. Great dudes at the NOW energy booth. Phil from Amazing Race holding it down. Great tasting product. Gluten free for those want that too. Check them out and look for the new A3 product for action sports soon!

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Don't ever put {hashtag} '#amazingrace' if you don't want to be chased by RFF's TAR Detectives

Emmy Award winning TV hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Phil Keoghan and A-list celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson will be onsite at the Natural ProductsExpo West Tradeshow on March 8-10 in Anaheim, CA to present theirall-natural product lines NoGii, NOWand 14 to Lean, respectively.Elisabeth, Phil and Gunnar will be at the Europa Sports Products booth(5211) located in the New Products Pavilion answering questions, taking photos and signing autographs, DVDs and books. Expo West is the premier natural, organic and healthy living tradeshow with over 60,000 attendees.

Keoghan, creator of NOW Bars, standing for No Opportunity Wasted, will introduce his new line of NOW trail bars available in four flavors and his all-natural first aid topical ointment Road Rash; ideal for those cuts and scrapes athletes suffer when training or competing. NOW's gluten-free and all-natural energy, snack and trail bars are made specifically to fit the nutritional needs of endurance athletes and contain the key ingredients; manuka honey and chia seeds. NOW product line extension A3 (Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace), a line of healthy functional snack bars for the action sports athlete will also debut at Expo West. Visit Nowenergybar.com

Phil Keoghan tolk stories about his life as host of "The Amazing Race" during the Los Angeles Times Travel Show on Saturday afternoon. (Tom Politeo)

February 23, 2013, 2:53 p.m.

Phil Keoghan of "The Amazing Race" has scuba dived with a dog, swilled the blood of a cobra and attended a nudist wedding. He also tried swimming the mile across the Bosporus strait that separates the Asian and European sides of Istanbul, but drifted downstream three miles before getting fished out.

And he sometimes gets lost when he travels as host of the TV show too (but not for the same reasons as the contestants do.)

"I love traveling," the New Zealand-born Keoghan told the audience Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles Times Travel Show. "My whole philosophy is 'no opportunity wasted' or NOW, which means living the biggest possible life you can." In case you miss the point, he has written a book with the same title that encourages people to draft their own life list.

While talking about traveling for "Amazing Race," Keoghan sounded as stressed as his contestants. He pointed out that he has to stay one step ahead of the leaders at each destination while also greeting the team in last place. He shoots about 21 shows in 12 days, which roughs out to two days per show, logging 40,000 miles in 10 countries.

In Azerbaijan last year, he was in the Asian nation less than 24 hours to perform his host duties. "i had to rush to the pit stop but got caught in traffic and I see [contestants] Dave and Rachel in a taxi heading there," he recalled. Keoghan jumped out of the car, ran past the contestants and up to the mat just in time to say a quick hello to the greeter, but no time to explain to her what was going on.

Away from the show, Keoghan has raised more than $1 million for the MS Society, most notably during a bicycle ride across the United States.

But it's all part of his life plan. "For my entire career, I was trying to take this life list I wrote, all the things I wanted to do before I died," and get paid for it, he said. "That would be a cool life."